Today's topics: Coretta Scott King, Super Bowls and Pizza, We will rock you by Queen, You bet versus I bet, Gonna, woulda, coulda, Speaking of which Words: Advocate Widow/ widower Delivery Seattle Seahawks Pittsburgh Steelers Plant Chicken wings Half

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By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 30 September 2007 The head of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency has praised Pakistan as a model for eradicating drug production. But, she says more cooperation is needed from neighboring Afghanistan where record-hi

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

Ask an American The humanities; another versus the other; however versus conversely; to call it/them like/how (one) sees it/them Words: well funded fundamental to pertain domain humanities integrative urgent in the absence of partnership to tap into

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Working as an actor in Los Angeles,
 nevertheless versus despite versus even though, to screw up
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 rejection
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发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Norman Vincent Peale, Japanese internment camps, straightforward, to tap into, made by versus made of versus made in Words: Protestant denominations affiliation interplay technique affirmations civilian to betray ancestry to mitigate internme

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Topics: Cities: Anchorage, Alaska; John Henry; you might as well, to hit the ground running, the caf in English Caf, what goes around comes around, breaking news Words: folk hero spikes railroad tracks hammer working class to displace to chop down ax

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Topics: Advanced Placement courses and tests; Legos/Legoland and Hot Wheels; might versus maybe; judgment call; no-brainer Words: placement college-level subject area to gear up financial aid college credit interlocking kit theme park replicate track

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The CIA; how to become a court interpreter and/or an interpreter for the U.N.; haunting versus haunted; completion versus completeness; to take (somebody) on Words: intelligence foreign advisor clandestine to tap a phone to bug to infiltrate

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Spy trials of the 40s/50s - Alger Hiss Julius and Ethel Rosenberg; Johnny Appleseed; feeling versus emotion; expression versus term; drop dead Words: spy espionage trial to denounce perjury statute of limitations execution cause clbre orchard

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Libraries Using Ad Campaigns to Improve Image and Funding; making introductions; stack versus stock Words: to light up to click deficit geek mental synapse to get (ones) geek on billboard poster reaction hip to hit to introdu

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The Lewis and Clark Expedition; Famous Authors: Anne Rice; to generate versus to create versus to make; a tad off target; run-on sentence Words: expedition corps to lay claim to navigable fur trapper to split up journal manifest destiny bicen

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Topics: Famous Americans: Weird Al Yankovic; Alcoholics Anonymous; figure out versus realize; kind of; noun + --ee and --er Words: weird parody to make light of relevant alcoholic addicted anonymous to break an addiction sober support group to abstai

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Taxes Americans pay; wedding/baby showers and gift registries; leverage, to dig, to guess versus to think versus to believe Words: property tax appraised value due utility sales tax income tax to throw (someone) a party wedding/bridal shower

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The Secret Service; tween culture; on versus upon; exclamations My God and Jesus Christ; evidence versus proof Words: currency to counterfeit agent to shield assassination bravery to lay (one's) life on the line tween buying power controversi

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Topics: Famous Americans: Flannery OConnor; 60 Minutes; well-(something); red and blue states Words: misfit fanatic devout grotesque posthumous on the air prime time investigative journalism to catch (someone) off guard to go too far libel theme musi

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Topics: Ask an American: civility; sour versus tart; (something) is king; thorough versus comprehensive Words: to get out in front tone of voice on the go slower-paced courtesy detrimental put off by captive audience to take up to give way to analogu

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Topics: On the Waterfront; Famous Songs: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; bet versus wager versus gamble; U.S. versus U.S.A.; cant help (doing something) Words: waterfront mob union deed whistleblower to give away the ending uplifting slave to do (something

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: It's a Wonderful Life; Cape Cod; backward versus backwards; to agree with versus to agree to versus to agree on; howdy Words: unselfishness fraud to take (one's) anger out on (someone) to commit suicide guardian angel inspirational cape year-

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(218) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Explaining TV show names; Mount McKinley and mountaineering; highest versus tallest; CEO versus CFO versus CIO Words: sitcom scrubs on the fringe widow weed trek mountaineering to climb peak route summit to stretch highest tallest CEO CFO CIO

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Watching TV on the Internet; to search versus to look for versus to seek; pushing up daisies; do you have any idea? Words: dominant programming to turn to (something) as opposed to to cut across generational lines tech-savvy

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